Fly Fishing For Sharks

http://www.riplips.com In this short video, Capt. Matt Thomas handles a shark and nearly gets bitten. A few colorful words surround as he loses his lip grippers and then brings a lemon shark in the boat with his hands. All for the camera...

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Shark Bite
• shark fishing
• shark fly fishing
• lower keys fly fishing
• capt. matt
• shark flies
• Fishing
• Fly Fishing
• Outdoor Sports
• Catch

[gagerdemon]

howd it taste>

[mtbpt]

@gagerdemon in this shark fishing video, i got lucky, and the shark got lucky. (we let him go right after the photo....) i haven't ever tried to eat shark, though my fly fishing customers catch quite a few each year! ~ mt

[gagerdemon]

@mtbpt oh cuz for my bday my people took me to eat and they ordered me thressher shark and told me it was chicken it tastsed the same except for texture :D

[mtbpt]

@gagerdemon ...i have heard mixed reviews about eating shark, i guess i will just have to try it and see for myself. thanks for watching, i appreciate it! ~ mt

[Ziwa10]

hey captain,,, what equipment do you use to catch them? i am referring to the tippet, backing and wt. rod thanks.

[mtbpt]

@Ziwa10 hello, i use10-12wt rods rigged with 50lb backing and floating lines. 40-50 lb. leaders to heavy braided wire (40-100lb) depending on the sharks we are casting at. consider that sharks have very rough skin and heavy leader material above your wire helps keep them from breaking you off when they twist and thrash - mt

[cardinalmustang99]

@mtbpt *just sayin* I love shark. my bud goes shark fishing alot (his dad is a guide) and i had it at a party...

[xPlinnix]

poor shark

[mtbpt]

@MoritzzZZZzzz ...well moritz, we all have our opinions, until things go bad and we have to improvise. shark was fine, i was fine, customer was happy.